Perspectives on death and dying: a study of resident comfort with End-of-life care
Abstract Background Despite the benefits to early palliative care in the treatment of terminal illness, barriers to timely hospice referrals exist. Physicians who are more comfortable having end-of-life (EOL) conversations are more likely to refer to hospice. However, very little is known about what...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-016-0819-6 |